{"product_id":"my-sisters-bones-a-novel-of-suspense-isbn-9780062661968","title":"My Sister's Bones: A Novel of Suspense","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Rivals \u003cem\u003eThe Girl on the Train\u003c\/em\u003e as a compulsive read (and beats it for style). -- \u003cem\u003eObserver \u003c\/em\u003e(UK)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the vein of Fiona Barton's \u003cem\u003eThe Widow\u003c\/em\u003e and Renée Knight's \u003cem\u003eDisclaimer\u003c\/em\u003e, a psychological thriller about a war reporter who returns to her childhood home after her mother's death but becomes convinced that all is not well in the house next door—but is what she’s seeing real or a symptom of the trauma she suffered in Syria?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe One Person You Should Trust Is Lying to You…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eKate has spent fifteen years bringing global injustice home: as a decorated war reporter, she’s always in a place of conflict, writing about ordinary people in unimaginable situations. 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When her mother dies, Kate returns home from Syria for the funeral. But an incident with a young Syrian boy haunts her dreams, and when Kate sees a boy in the garden of the house next door—a house inhabited by an Iraqi refugee who claims her husband is away and she has no children—Kate becomes convinced that something is very wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs she struggles to separate her memories of Syria from the quiet town in which she grew up—and also to reconcile her memories of a traumatic childhood with her sister’s insistence that all was not as Kate remembers—she begins to wonder what is actually true . . . and what is just in her mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this gripping, timely debut, Nuala Ellwood brings us an unforgettable damaged character; a haunting, humanizing look at the Syrian conflict; and a deeply harrowing psychological thriller that readers won’t be able to put down.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Memorable, jaw-dropping … harrowing fiction that skilfully draws parallels between the effects of civil war and domestic violence.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times (London)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An elegant, punchy thriller with a dark heart.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Observer (London), Thriller of the Month\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“With a complex plot full of really clever twists, this stylish thriller really grabs you.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Ellwood’s stylish and complex thriller is full of clever twists and grabs you by the throat.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople (UK)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A winner for those drawn to murky psychological suspense, like that of Ruth Rendell, Karin Fossum, and Flynn Berry in \u003cem\u003eUnder the Harrow.\u003c\/em\u003e“ - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In her thrilling debut…the ensuing twist is a juicy one. 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